Get Sleepy: Sleep meditation and stories
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January 7, 2026 • 64 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Alexandra Turney ✍️Sound effects: mountain breezes ⛰️🌬️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be starting a new, nine-part series – a sleepy adaptation of the Odyssey. We’ll begin with the gods, and the family waiting for Odysseus’s return – his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus, who’s about to embark on a quest of his own. 😴
Includes mentions of: Battle, Death, Marriage, Dreams, Re...
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January 5, 2026 • 51 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Angela Wood ✍️Sound effects: car driving on bumpy road 🚙
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re taking a relaxing journey to the mountains and glens of the Scottish Highlands - a place known for its awe-inspiring landscapes, ancient castles, shimmering lochs and free-roaming wild stags. 😴
Includes mentions of: Travel, Ice & Snow, Winter, Baking, Beverages, Food, Animals, History.
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December 31, 2025 • 62 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Chase Doan ✍️Sound effects: crickets 🌌
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight's story follows Liz, who goes to bed one evening thinking about time travel. Upon waking, she finds herself in an incredible new world, having travelled 100 years into the future. 😴
Includes mentions of: Time Travel, Science & Nature, Science Fiction.
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December 30, 2025 • 40 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Anne Lowell ✍️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in a special bonus ahead of the new year, we'll drift off while learning how to navigate life changes with greater ease and acceptance. 😴
Includes mentions of: New Year's, Mindfulness, Change, Uncertainty.
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December 29, 2025 • 51 mins
Narrator: Nadine Brown 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: gentle evening birdsong 🐦⬛
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re heading to 19th-century England, to the country home of Elizabeth Phillips. We’ll watch as she hosts a marvellous dinner party to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Cooking, British History, Fashion, Beverages, History, Literature & Literary History.
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December 24, 2025 • 65 mins
Narrator: Elizabeth Grace 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: breezes, wind chimes 🌬️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, you’ll be taking a magical journey to ancient Korea, where you’ll hear a retelling of a fairytale. This sweet story of young love will unfold in a world of dragons, flying chariots, and palaces in the sky. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Flying, Romance, Forgiveness, Fantastical Creatures, Fairytale,...
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December 22, 2025 • 49 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: jingle bells, crowd ambience 🔔 🗣️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll enjoy a trip into a sparkling fantasy world with the many enticing scenes of a dreamlike winter carnival. You’ll wander through an ice castle, watch ice skaters and take a sleigh ride in the moonlight. 😴
Includes mentions of: Winter, Beverages, Ice & Snow, Children, Family.
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December 20, 2025 • 326 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧By various writers ✍️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ve collected some of our favourite winter stories into one long-length episode. You’ll enjoy them from the soothing comfort of your very own cosy compartment on a winter train. 🚂 ❄️
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December 17, 2025 • 53 mins
Narrator: Heather Foster 🇺🇸 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: waves crashing on rocks 🌊
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll hear a true story about one person and one act of generosity that kicked off a tradition, touching thousands of lives and continuing for a century into the future. 😴
Includes mentions of: Heights, Flying, Bodies of Water, Nostalgia, Children, Christmas, Holidays, Work, Airplanes, Family, M...
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December 15, 2025 • 43 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️Sound effects: crickets, breezes 🌌🍃
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll travel back to Ancient Egypt to visit the Karnak temple in Luxor. There, we’ll witness the festivities and rituals that took place during the winter solstice. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Beverages, Religious Traditions, Winter, Ancient History, History, Architecture.
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December 10, 2025 • 63 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧 Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: jingle bells, grandfather clock 🎄🕰️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll witness several Christmasses over the course of a century in the Miller household, from the vantage point of a faithful grandfather clock. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Family, Parents, Grandparents, Children, Holidays, Christmas, WWI, WWII, Wartime, Death, Nostalgia, Architecture...
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December 8, 2025 • 46 mins
Narrator: Vanessa Labrie 🇨🇦 Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️Sound effects: kitchen ambience, grater, cooking sounds 🍳🥄
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll join Adina as she prepares latkes with her grandmother and learns all about the history of this savoury treat. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, History, Religious Traditions, Family, Grandparents, Holidays, Hannukkah, Cooking.
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December 6, 2025 • 321 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧By various writers ✍️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have a special, rather magical selection of our very best Christmas stories, stitched into a long-length compilation episode. 😴 We hope you enjoy listening! 🎅
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December 3, 2025 • 54 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Frankie Regalia ✍️Sound effects: mythical flute, crickets 🪈🌾
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in the last of our 12-part series, we will explore the passions and triumphs of Dionysus as the young god of freedom, liberation, passion and theatre. 😴
Includes mentions of: Religious Traditions, Food, Beverages, Mythology, Alcohol, Theatre, Childbirth, Pregnancy, Marriage, Death, Underworld.
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December 1, 2025 • 49 mins
Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: London ambience, flowing river 🏙️ 🌊
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll meet the Chelsea Pensioners, the retired soldiers known for their scarlet uniforms. We’ll delve into their yuletide traditions, from the stirring of the Christmas pudding to the Ceremony of the Cheeses. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Nostalgia, Christmas, Winter, History, Gratitude, Birth...
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November 26, 2025 • 65 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Jo Steer ✍️Sound effects: gentle birdsong, distant waves 🐦⬛🌊
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll travel back in time to the 1st century BCE. In Ephesus, we’ll explore the magnificent Temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana. 😴
Includes mentions of: Religious Traditions, Mythology, Travel, History, Ancient History, Architecture.
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November 25, 2025 • 46 mins
Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: trains, city station ambience 🚆 🏙️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, in the second part of our two-part adventure, we'll travel back to the 1930s to ride one of the most luxurious trains of the 20th century. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Beverages, Trains, Travel, History, Fantastical Elements.
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November 24, 2025 • 55 mins
Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️Sound effects: busy city ambience 🏙️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll immerse ourselves in the first part of a two-part adventure as we experience a dreamy tour of Grand Central Terminal. Many have long considered it to be the most gracious portal to New York City. 😴
Includes mentions of: Fantastical Elements, Trains, Travel, History, Architecture, Friendship, Bev...
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November 22, 2025 • 201 mins
Narrator: Simon Mattacks 🇬🇧Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we have a special bonus episode, where we'll enjoy all five episodes (so far) from our popular series about Auggie, a fluffy, mischievous cat who lives alongside her family of humans. 😴
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November 19, 2025 • 44 mins
Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Lottie Finklaire ✍️Sound effects: seaside ambience, gulls, distant train, voices 🌊🚆🗣️
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re off to the seaside in south-east England, where our story takes place on a rainy day, which is just part of the cosy charm. 😴
Includes mentions of: Food, Beverages, Travel, Rain.
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